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06-15-2014, 11:33 PM
I've been on baby-alert since Friday morning and still no babies. I think Petunia is teasing me. I doubt I'll sleep much tonight.
In other news, I made butter! I bought some cheap plastic entree containers at the grocery store that are square and shallow and hold about three cups of milk apiece. I stacked a few in the fridge and left them for a day and got a whole pint of cream! I'd have got a lot more cream if I'd been patient and waited a day or two, but I was too anxious to try butter now. I mixed it with the eggbeaters until it separated, then worked it, washed it, salted it, and made about 1/4 cup (1 stick) of butter. Maybe a little more. And it's good! If you melt it then eat it plain it leaves a slight goaty after-taste, and it has a distinct goaty odor when you cook it, but the flavor is great if you actually use it like it's supposed to be used--on food. I had some on popcorn tonight and it tasted like regular old butter. No "eau de goat pen." I'm so excited!
In other news, I made butter! I bought some cheap plastic entree containers at the grocery store that are square and shallow and hold about three cups of milk apiece. I stacked a few in the fridge and left them for a day and got a whole pint of cream! I'd have got a lot more cream if I'd been patient and waited a day or two, but I was too anxious to try butter now. I mixed it with the eggbeaters until it separated, then worked it, washed it, salted it, and made about 1/4 cup (1 stick) of butter. Maybe a little more. And it's good! If you melt it then eat it plain it leaves a slight goaty after-taste, and it has a distinct goaty odor when you cook it, but the flavor is great if you actually use it like it's supposed to be used--on food. I had some on popcorn tonight and it tasted like regular old butter. No "eau de goat pen." I'm so excited!